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capital
'capital' - used as an adjective
1. first-rate
a capital fellow
a capital idea
2. of primary important
our capital concern was to avoid defeat
3. uppercase
capital A

'capital' - used as a noun
4. a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
5. the federal government of the United States
6. assets available for use in the production of further assets
7. wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
8. a seat of government
9. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters
10. a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
the crime capital of Italy
the drug capital of Columbia
11. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
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    Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it. - Click here to find out.
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    The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou.